The British Trust for Ornithology in Merseyside, Ringing with Merseyside Ringing Group and Bob's general birding activities and anything else that grabs his interest.

Friday, March 23, 2007

Something else suffering on the wing.

Most of Britain's butterfly species are in serious decline which is the result of ongoing deteriation of wildlife habitats, pollution and climate change.

However, there is increasing evidence that in the case of some species conservation programes are reversing declines.

Butterfly Conservation has issued a new report. It's the first assessment of the state of Britain's butterflies this century and is based on over 5,000,000 million records from over 10,000 observers. The report can be downloaded from:

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British Trust for Ornithology Regional Representative for Merseyside, Ringer and Records Officer for the Merseyside Ringing Group. Member of BTO Council, Chairman BTO Regional Network Committee, Chairman Training Working Group and member of the Atlas Working Group (for the new 2007-11 BTO Atlas).